diff --git a/dmenufilehandler b/dmenufilehandler
index f7e9223..8bc809e 100755
--- a/dmenufilehandler
+++ b/dmenufilehandler
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ do
 done
 
 # open the file using xdg-open
+quick-notify "Opening file" "$dir"
 xdg-open "$dir"